I like that approach since it makes it a bit more flexible in allowing
for an appropriate skill that fits the situation. Kinda like the White
Wolf system.

Whoops.  That was a straight-up typo.  Sorry about that.  The
controlling stat would be Wits not Nimbleness. I am thinking I might do
away with controlling stats all together.  I have ended up using a
vaiety of stat+skill combos in my own game that are outside that rigid
structure.

For example:  The companions had travelled for several days during
harsh weather and almost to a man (elf and dwarf) were exhausted. It is
decided to have the dwarf stand guard while the rest of the companions
recover.  Instead of making a Perception+Observe Test to notice an
approaching Warg the dwarf rolls Vitality+Observe with appropriate
penalties due to fatigue and the conditions.  This would simulate his
fatigue and ability to resist it and remain alert. What do you guys
think?


--- In lordoftherings_unisystem@yahoogroups.com, "canadianpittbull"
<steelchair@...> wrote:
>
> One of my players noticed that the Debate Skill (pg.39) used the
Trait-
> Nimbleness.  Just wondering if this trait should be Wits instead?
Just
> based on the description for both? Wits seems more appropriate to the
> Debate skill we thought?
>

One of my players noticed that the Debate Skill (pg.39) used the Trait-
Nimbleness.  Just wondering if this trait should be Wits instead? Just
based on the description for both? Wits seems more appropriate to the
Debate skill we thought?

James has done a great job with this. I am currently starting a
group up with these rules and I have never seen a group jump at the
chance to play a game in Middle Earth as quickly as they did when
they saw these adapted rules.

So my question to those who have seen them and hopefully have used
them. What are your overall impressions, thoughts you name it. Since
there is going to be a finalized version at some point. Is there
anything folks think need to be clarified or tweaked?

I have spoken to James on several occasions via email so he knows my
impressions of his large body of work here. In short I love it! And
I have been waiting for someone to adapt LotR to Uni-system and we
have a winner here. Awesome work and if possible lets help out James
where need be if any. I am not saying major overalls or anything
just suggestions on explanations on rules that maybe are not as
clear or complete, such as the reference to craft items as mentioned
in the Hoarde Quality. Which upon asking about James responded and
will be added to the final version.

Again, awesome job! You should be proud of what you have done.
Take care.

Sure.  I am mostly running a series of adventures inspired by
the "Triumph of the Witch-King" adventures that can be found on the
Hall of Fire webzine site.  I will send you the details in a private
email because I don't want my players to find out too much here.

--- In lordoftherings_unisystem@yahoogroups.com, "canadianpittbull"
<steelchair@...> wrote:
>
> Will do! Also could you give a bit of scope to what how and what has
> been going on in your game? I always enjoy hearing how others games
> are going and how the rules play out for them.
>

Will do! Also could you give a bit of scope to what how and what has
been going on in your game? I always enjoy hearing how others games
are going and how the rules play out for them.

Thanks a lot.  I spent a lot of time working on it and it is
gratifying that others will get something out of it.  It was a little
strange at first making "classes" for Unisystem but I felt my players
(who had only played D&D 3.5 at that point) needed some structure to
work with.  As for the animals, the only other critter I probably need
to work on (aside from the aforementioned werewolves and vampires)
would be Dragons and possibly Ents.  Let me know how your game goes.

--- In lordoftherings_unisystem@yahoogroups.com, "canadianpittbull"
<steelchair@...> wrote:
>
> I just thought there would be more critters but it is not like (with
> what you have created here) it would be hard to make them at all.
You
> should be proud of this conversion though. This is some great body
of
> work and I really love what you have done here. I just like how with
> all the options for characters, you can make some great combos and
> really make your own style of character that will totally be apart
of
> the world Tolkien created. I Definately need to run this! And I look
> forward to the final edition of this when you post it. Cheers and
> again great work.
>

I just thought there would be more critters but it is not like (with
what you have created here) it would be hard to make them at all. You
should be proud of this conversion though. This is some great body of
work and I really love what you have done here. I just like how with
all the options for characters, you can make some great combos and
really make your own style of character that will totally be apart of
the world Tolkien created. I Definately need to run this! And I look
forward to the final edition of this when you post it. Cheers and
again great work.

I can't say that I have thought about adding too many more critters.
I might adapt the Tolkienesque Vampires and Werewolves and do a little
work on ghosts but other than that I haven't thought about it too
much.

I am in the middle of my campaign using these rules right now and I
think I will release a final edition with some changes made based on
my experiences there.  That might be a ways down the line though.  I
have already started adding some more herbs and I may fiddle with some
of the combat stuff.

--- In lordoftherings_unisystem@yahoogroups.com, "canadianpittbull"
<steelchair@...> wrote:
>
> Again love your work on this and I am going to see if I can get a
game
> of this going at some point. But was wondering if you were ever
> thinking of doing a book of critters? Or Stuff on the Movies?
>

Again love your work on this and I am going to see if I can get a game
of this going at some point. But was wondering if you were ever
thinking of doing a book of critters? Or Stuff on the Movies?

Yes there are many substantial differences.  There is
much more magic and rules on Herbalism, Mass Combat
rules, more stuff on the Lore Skill etc.

I would suggest you print it out in Black and White.
I made it so that it wouldn't take too much black ink
if you did it that way.  Let me know what you think of
it if you get a chance.
James

--- Daniel Davis <darianpsykes@...> wrote:

> Is there much difference between the latest color
> version and the V4
> B/W version?  The color version looks pretty durn
> cool, but it'll be
> harder to print off parts.  I d'nna think my
> printer'll handle it
> captain. ;)
>
>
>
>

Is there much difference between the latest color version and the V4
B/W version?  The color version looks pretty durn cool, but it'll be
harder to print off parts.  I d'nna think my printer'll handle it
captain. ;)

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Thank you very much.  I did work pretty hard on this game but it was a
labor of love.  I am very excited since I will get to actually run the
game starting next Wednesday.  I may have a new version out before
then that will encompass all the information in PotW as well as have
new travel rules and mass combat which I am working on today.  Enjoy
it and thanks for the comments.

--- In lordoftherings_unisystem@yahoogroups.com, "canadianpittbull"
<steelchair@...> wrote:
>
> Saw your thread at the Eden Studios Messageboard and figured I would
> check this out. Man! A lot of work has gone into this and I am going
> to sit down and give this a read! From what I quickly read through
is
> well done and you should be proud of all this hard work!! Awesome
and
> hope to see more!
>

Saw your thread at the Eden Studios Messageboard and figured I would
check this out. Man! A lot of work has gone into this and I am going
to sit down and give this a read! From what I quickly read through is
well done and you should be proud of all this hard work!! Awesome and
hope to see more!

Thank you. I am glad you are enjoying the conversion.
Since I leaned heavily on Decipher's rules I imagine
my conversion would be very close to yours if you had
the same goals in mind.  I would be interested to hear
what you plan on changing since I have yet to get a
chance to play these rules myself.  I am hoping that
will change in the next couple of weeks though.

--- Randell Wolff <randell.wolff@...> wrote:

> I just wanted to say thanks to the creator of the
> unisystem LotR
> conversion.  For the last several weeks I've been
> enjoying playing the
> game with my friends.
>
> A couple years ago I started my own conversion of
> Decipher's LotR RPG
> to Unisystem, but I got caught up in work and never
> got it done.
> Interestingly, what I had completed is similar to
> some of the things
> you put in your conversion.
>
> I was wondering if you could send me a copy of your
> main conversion
> and the Paths of the Wise supplement as a Microsoft
> Word document.
> This would make it easier for me to modify as I add
> my own conversions
> and expansions and such.  I'm not sure if these is
> even possible, but
> I thought I would ask.
>
> Thanks again!  Keep up the good work!
>
> Randell Wolff
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~James
"It's not the Heat, It's the Humanity."

I just wanted to say thanks to the creator of the unisystem LotR
conversion.  For the last several weeks I've been enjoying playing the
game with my friends.

A couple years ago I started my own conversion of Decipher's LotR RPG
to Unisystem, but I got caught up in work and never got it done.
Interestingly, what I had completed is similar to some of the things
you put in your conversion.

I was wondering if you could send me a copy of your main conversion
and the Paths of the Wise supplement as a Microsoft Word document.
This would make it easier for me to modify as I add my own conversions
and expansions and such.  I'm not sure if these is even possible, but
I thought I would ask.

Thanks again!  Keep up the good work!

Randell Wolff
randell.wolff@...

Hello, Everyone.  This is an update on this Lord of the Rings
conversion.

While working on some new features for my LotR Game I have discovered a
couple of errors.  Specifically I have used the word "Stamina" several
times throughout the section on Weariness and Recovery instead of the
correct term "Vitality".  Wherever you see that just know that I
meant "Vitality".  Sorry about that.

I am currently working on a few new features for the game such as new
Weariness Rules for traveling long distances, Mass Combat rules, among
other things.

Let me know if you discover any other errors or if something seems
confusing in the rules.  Thanks.

James

Indeed it is a labor of love.  I truly think Unisystem is one of the
best systems out there but it did take a lot of work to convert it so
contained the flavor of LotR.

I look forward to hearing about how your game goes.  Because of
various shedules it looks like I might be delayed in playing the game
which sucks.  I am jonesing so bad to get it going.

--- In lordoftherings_unisystem@yahoogroups.com, "robjavnie"
<rnieves@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I downloaded your conversion rules and I have to say you did an
> excellent job, this is truly a work of love. I will try to get my
> group to playtest them in about 2 or 3 weeks.
>
> I been looking for a way to play fantasy with unisystem for a long
> time and this has just sold me and my group.
>
> thanks.
>

Hello,

I downloaded your conversion rules and I have to say you did an
excellent job, this is truly a work of love. I will try to get my
group to playtest them in about 2 or 3 weeks.

I been looking for a way to play fantasy with unisystem for a long
time and this has just sold me and my group.

thanks.

Yeah man that is an excellent document.  Thanks for
doing all that work.

--- Colin Chapman <oaklynx@...> wrote:

> Hey,
>
> Nice to see all my work on the LotR names being out
> to use. ;)
>
> cheers!
> Colin
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Hey,

Nice to see all my work on the LotR names being out to use. ;)

cheers!
Colin

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That's great.  Although I have to admit to being a bit jealous.  You
will actually get to try my rules before I do.  :)

And I look forward to hearing what you have to say.  When you work on
something for so long you kind of loose a bit of your perspective.  I
am sure there are a number of things that I missed when making these
rules.  Keep me posted.

--- In lordoftherings_unisystem@yahoogroups.com, "afmbe77"
<Dissonance_77@...> wrote:
>
> Well after my group and I went over the rules you presented we all
> decided to take a break from our standard game and give them all a
> try.  Once we get characters made up and we actually get some solid
> play done I will post my comments on how we feel the rules worked in
> the context of actual play.  I'm sure they will work well since it
> looks like tons of thought went into them and on paper everything
> looks wonderful.  I will keep you informed on the game.
>

Well after my group and I went over the rules you presented we all
decided to take a break from our standard game and give them all a
try.  Once we get characters made up and we actually get some solid
play done I will post my comments on how we feel the rules worked in
the context of actual play.  I'm sure they will work well since it
looks like tons of thought went into them and on paper everything
looks wonderful.  I will keep you informed on the game.

Thanks for the comments.  I am glad to hear you liked
what I have done with this.  As for the Character
Sheet I made it in Photoshop and don't have a word
version.  Sorry.



~James
"It's not the Heat, It's the Humanity."

Hey excellent work on all the Lord of the Rings materials.  The
download is incredible and the PDF character sheet is excellent is
well.  I was wondering if you had the character sheet in a word format
if possible.  Again excellent work on everything.

I guess I will start off making a post here.  I invite everyone to post
ideas or thoughts on this version of the LotR or any other Fantasy or
Unisystem topic that may come to mind.  Thanks.